What's Going to Happen Before 2050?

The year 2050 still feels very much like The Future, but many of us will be alive then to witness whatever has happened to this world we call home. In this new RealLifeLore video, we get a highlight reel of some of the awesome things, and the not so good things, that may befall us in the next 33 years. The video mostly focuses on space missions that are planned, including multiple manned missions to Mars and the Moon. We also learn about the promises various countries have made about when they'll transition away from fossil fuels and coal. Terrifyingly, by 2050, we'll most likely have experienced the first winter with no ice in the Arctic, and a huge portion of the world will not have clean drinking water. But this video shows us there's also plenty to look forward to, as long as we can survive.

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